Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 186William Blackwood, 1909 - England |
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... months ago we cele- brated the anniversary of the birth of Edward FitzGerald . FitzGerald was a great man of letters , of a type which is fast vanishing . To a warm He humanity he added a scholar- ship as ripe and fastidious as Landor's ...
... months ago we cele- brated the anniversary of the birth of Edward FitzGerald . FitzGerald was a great man of letters , of a type which is fast vanishing . To a warm He humanity he added a scholar- ship as ripe and fastidious as Landor's ...
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... months of the opening of the Afghan campaign , which was destined to be fraught with so much disaster to the British arms , and he was fortunate in being appointed to a regiment which was included in the expeditionary force . On the ...
... months of the opening of the Afghan campaign , which was destined to be fraught with so much disaster to the British arms , and he was fortunate in being appointed to a regiment which was included in the expeditionary force . On the ...
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... months , during which Nott held his own at the west- ern capital , Neville Chamberlain was prominent . He was ap ... month later , the British prisoners , survivors from Elphinstone's ill - fated force , having been set at liberty , and ...
... months , during which Nott held his own at the west- ern capital , Neville Chamberlain was prominent . He was ap ... month later , the British prisoners , survivors from Elphinstone's ill - fated force , having been set at liberty , and ...
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... months , being the occasion of his not taking part in the First Sikh War three years later , and he narrowly escaped losing his leg . But Chamberlain's memoirs are not made up entirely of stirring adventures , nor is the character which ...
... months , being the occasion of his not taking part in the First Sikh War three years later , and he narrowly escaped losing his leg . But Chamberlain's memoirs are not made up entirely of stirring adventures , nor is the character which ...
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... - General against the Mahrattas at the end of 1843 . The wound in his leg was still unhealed , and during the previous twelve months he had not been able to do any active duty ; nevertheless 1909. ] 21 A Hard School .
... - General against the Mahrattas at the end of 1843 . The wound in his leg was still unhealed , and during the previous twelve months he had not been able to do any active duty ; nevertheless 1909. ] 21 A Hard School .
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